3.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
16.9 oz. bottle. Pours a thick mocha head, fair duration, thick lacing, over a dark (SRM 25) brownish red, clear body....nose of molasses, toffee.....taste is sweet malts up front, with layers of cherry, raisin, finishing with mild bitterness....mouth feel is thick, creamy, chewy. This meets the BJCP definition of a Baltic Porter almost perfectly. It should be thick, with malt sweetness and complexity, perhaps some similarity to a "Wee Heavy", and has nothing much in common with either dry or strong Stouts. It is very good.
1.8 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 6/20
This is porter? Maybe I don’t know what a true porter is, but this was carmel colored, no roasted profile, candied like a watered down bad Imperial Stout. I disagree with most raters, this is bad beer. I may never again drink Latvian beer.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Very dark brown though I cant call it black, with a HUGE head...Smells a touch like soap or old ladies perfume. Hints of smoke and malt, rather sweet. Take a big drink and you get a big floral blast to the throat. Sweetness is a little over the top Not great, but whatever.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
16.9 oz. Very dark but not black, with a thick cream colored head. Smooth sipping, and not overpowering. For the price not bad at all. I would have this again.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Extremely light bodied for a porter, perhaps because as the bottle says, it is a lager instead of an ale. Decent malty aroma with some smokiness and caramel to it. Very roasty but light flavor, nothing to really write home about but for two dollars per 16.9 oz bottle I will definitely drink it again.
4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Not really a porter to wrtie home about but it was still a very good beer. Dark brown. Not much of an aroma to it. The roasty taste of a top shelf porter definitely was not there. Middle of the road porter.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
16.9 oz bottle at Cowboy Ciao in Scottsdale. Pours out very dark brown to black. The aroma was not very strong, but there were some fruit smells and the obvious malt and even some bread. The taste is solid, a somewhat soft porter with some strong dark fruits as well as some great roasted malt flavor. The palate is thick, not too carbonated, and leaves the mouth chewing for more. Good solid beer, but not great.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
500 ml bottle bought at College Liquors in Grand Junction, Colorado. Pours out a very dark red-black hue with a large pillow-like beige head. The aroma is very powerful; tons of fruits, caramel malts, bready and sweet, nice! The taste is also quite nice; a rich fruitiness; mostly dark fruits like raisins and plum, but also some berries and perhaps even strawberry. Some rich caramel malts along with a thick and chewy mouthfeel. Some liquorish and bready flavors also. Very enjoyable. Warm and very tasty. Batch 01.12.06. I’m assuming that is a date, so about two years old. Very good.
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